Recent content by jgreenemtp

My mother with no medical training can calculate a map with her Walmart blood pressure cuff. MAP is BLS. What you do about it is ALS. I would argue that a great many ALS providers couldn't tell you a normal MAP or where a MAP should be on a particular patient's condition, for example CHI.

Now we need to add driving and not spilling the coffee to the practical exams

Having worked with and taught many of the UF ShandsCair flight team I would highly encourage any course that their program puts on. While I have not attended their critical care program myself, a few of my former students have and all seem to back up my assumption- that anything they put on will...

I second what both the other posters have said. Know your stuff, stay calm, drive even calmer.

I'll try to post pics tomorrow, but currently use the yellow Thomas medication kit. It sucks. You can't fit everything in it in a nice or organized manner. The elastic for the vials/syringes stretches and wears out easily. Also, I'm a fan of keeping prefilled syringes in their box to minimize...

Something that works for me and is a little more soothing than cramming Vicks up your nostril....Single use coffee packs, the kind you get in the hotel rooms work well for most smells that make me want to lose my lunch. If you like coffee, they're pleasant and don't require you to shove globby...